Label: Round Bale Recordings RBR-007

ポートレイトを軸としたコラージュアートワークにて多くのカセットリリースを重ねてきた、孤高のイメージが強いデンマークの音楽家øjeRumことPaw Grabowski。実験モノから突き抜けたパンク/ロックまでを愛する2015年始動の米レーベルRound Bale Recordingsが手がけた2017年最新CD。暗闇にポツポツと浮かび上がる儚い像、また不思議な時間軸が延々支配する3部構成のアンビエント表題曲[Skygge]のみの収録。アートワークを含め大推薦の一枚。マスタリングはSean McCann。



The past three years have seen a flurry of activity from øjeRum, the alias of Danish minimalist and collagist, Paw Grabowski. Over countless limited run releases and various series of visual artwork, øjeRum has produced one of the most consistently rewarding and singular bodies of work of recent vintage. Whether composing in long form glacial ambience or dream-like folk configurations, there is a cohesive vision to all of øjeRum’s material that plays on notions of fading memories and beatific solitude. As with Grabowski’s unique, hand-cut collages, that contain worlds within worlds, the stains and markings of the past often seep through and imbue the music he creates with a sense of unease and imprecision. On “Skygge” (which translates to “shadows” or “shade”), notes waver around ghostly rhythmic lines, chords reverberate with varied color and intensity, clicks appear in unintended negative spaces, and time itself is all but erased. Yet, there is a masterly exactness with how Grabowski arranges the three, lengthy compositions heard on “Skygge” to evoke a sense of profound mystery and mournful beauty. Round Bale Recordings is pleased to offer this latest øjeRum release on a proper glass-mastered CD housed in a full-color, six-panel digipak: a format suited for the sounds and visuals prepared by the artist. Mastered by Sean McCann for full audio immersion.